THIRD-PERSONLIMITEDNARRATION
OR LIMITEDOMNISCIENCE
: Focussing a third-person narration through the eyes of
a single character. Even when an author chooses to tell a narrative
through omniscient narration,
s/he will sometimes (or even for the entire tale) limit the perspective of the
narrative to that of a single character, choosing for example only to narrate
the inner thoughts of that one character. The narrative is still told in third-person
(unlike first-person narration);
however, it is clear that it is, nonetheless, being told through the eyes of
a single character. A famous example of this form of narration is James Joyce's
"The Dead" (in Dubliners). A narrative can also shift among
various third-person-limited narrations. (See also focalize.)